Planning Your Website

The following items are things you want to consider when building your website. Prior planning prevents a stress in the long run!

• What do you want your website to accomplish?
  • Informational about a class or program?
  • Resource center for other professionals? For parents?
  • In short, who is your audience, and what will they get when they come to the site?
• How often are you going to update your website?
  • Daily? Weekly? Monthly?
• What types of things do you want your website to contain?
  • Calendar?
  • Galleries of student work?
  • Homework? Worksheets? Assignments?
  • Announcements?
  • Contact information?
  • Photos?
• Sketch out a "map" of your website to get you thinking about the layout of your site